Weili Dai is the co-founder of Marvell in Santa Clara, the third largest semiconductor maker in the world. Weili founded the company in 1995 with her husband, Sehat Sutardja, and Sehat's brother Pantaj from their kitchen table. Within 10 years, they were all individually named to the Forbes 400.

SECURITIES

Bondholder group targets Wells Fargo

A bondholder group that won an $8.5 billion settlement from Bank of America Corp. on securities backed by soured home loans may also seek payments from Wells Fargo, the nation's biggest mortgage lender.

The law firm Gibbs & Bruns LLP said Thursday that it is seeking information on pools securing more than $19 billion of residential mortgage-backed securities issued by affiliates of Wells Fargo. The firm represents clients holding more than 25 percent of the voting rights in 48 bond trusts that issued the securities, according to the statement.

ENERGY

Green investments rise 13 percent

Worldwide venture capital investments in solar power, energy efficiency and other green technologies rose 13 percent last year to hit $8.99 billion - the highest level since 2008 - the Cleantech Group research firm said Thursday.

Most of the money went to North American startups, which brought in $6.81 billion. That represented a 31 percent increase from 2010. California companies alone raised $3.69 billion.

As usual, solar companies attracted the most investment, raising $1.81 billion worldwide, even as plunging solar panel prices pushed some businesses into bankruptcy.

"Despite some of the well-publicized headwinds, venture capitalists continue to invest in cleantech," said Sheeraz Haji, the Cleantech Group's chief executive officer. "Based on our historical data, we believe 2012 will be an all-time record year for global clean-tech investments."

INTERNET

Yahoo has interest in Weather Channel

The Weather Channel and WebMD Health Corp. are among companies Yahoo is interested in owning as part of a tax-efficient asset swap with Alibaba Group Holding and Softbank, said three people with knowledge of the matter.

Yahoo drafted the wish list of assets before appointing former eBay executive Scott Thompson as its chief executive officer Wednesday, said one of the people, who declined to be identified because the matter is private. Thompson might add or change the assets, and a deal may fail to materialize, said the person.

In one potential transaction, Alibaba would consider buying the Weather Channel so it can exchange the asset for a stake in itself owned by Yahoo, according to the people. Softbank, which is working with Alibaba, may explore using WebMD as part of the exchange to acquire the 35 percent stake in Yahoo's Japan joint venture, said the people.

Neither Yahoo nor its Asian partners are currently in talks to acquire the Weather Channel, which is owned by Comcast Corp. and private-equity firms, said the people.

CHIPS

Google TV news gives Marvell boost

Marvell Technology Group shares rose 7.3 percent after Nomura Securities International predicted that a new agreement to supply chips to Google TV devices may boost sales.

Marvell may get $30 million to $50 million from Google TV shipments in 2012, Romit Shah, an analyst at Nomura in New York, said Thursday in a report. Though sales volume isn't large yet, the platform is "worth monitoring," he said. Marvell announced the partnership earlier in the day, saying that its Armada chip had been designed into a new generation of Google TVs.

Google created the Google TV project in 2010 in a bid to gain a bigger foothold in consumers' living rooms. It develops software for the effort and relies on manufacturers, such as Sony, to create TVs and equipment that work with the technology.

"Marvell and Google have teamed up to change home entertainment forever - transforming the TV into the command center for our connected lifestyle," Weili Dai, Marvell's co- founder, said Thursday in a statement. "This is a major breakthrough movement."

Marvell shares rose to $15.23 at the close in New York, bringing its 2012 advance to 10 percent. The stock had tumbled 25 percent in 2011.